GreenairOnline this week has an interesting feature interview with British Airways’ new head of environment, Jonathan Counsell who provides details of BA’s new corporate responsibility project, One Destination. BA has set itself a goal of reducing emissions by one quarter by 2025 and by half in 2050. As the article says, “the goal is to reduce the number of grams of CO2 per passenger kilometre by 25% from 111g in 2005 to 83g by 2025.” By contrast, the European Commission mandates that new cars should emit no more than 140g of CO2 per kilometre.
BA's new target will enable the airline to reduce its net carbon output from 16 million tonnes in 2005 to eight million by mid-century. This is a significant goal and runs alongside the goals that have been set by IATA (25% more efficient in 2020 compared to 2005), the Air Transport Association of America (30% more efficient in 2025 compared to 2005) and a number of other industry associations and companies.
BA's project is further evidence of the aviation industry's progress towards carbon neutral growth and a carbon free future. Now that's impressive, what do you think?
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Succes with your project.
Koen Hoff
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